Chapter 680: Preparing for trouble, support from the east (page 12)

The next day, Chang Haonan and Wu Yifan signed a cooperation agreement in a low-key manner in the Torch Group's conference room.

According to the content, the latter Black Sea Import and Export Trading Company will provide Torch Group with up to 1000 professors, senior engineers or other professional and technical personnel of the same level within five years.

In return, Torch Group will pay an intermediary fee ranging from 1.5 to 5 US dollars for each person according to different personnel levels, of which 500 million US dollars will be paid in advance after the contract is signed, and thereafter in years. If the time period is too long, there will be more refunds and less compensation.

Of course, this money does not really need to be paid by Torch Group.

The Science and Technology Commission provided a special fund for the Friendship Plan to pay for these expenses. Chang Haonan only acted as a middleman that both parties trusted and were familiar with.

As for the advance payment of 500 million US dollars, it is naturally not exactly what is written on the surface. Instead, it includes the freight paid by Wu Yifan to transport a batch of "mysterious goods" into the Balkans, which accounts for about five percent of it. one part.

Throughout the Spring Festival holiday, Dianke Group has been working overtime to produce this batch of electronic components, and it was not until yesterday that the quality inspection was finally completed.

The original intention of the Air Force was to let it bring a batch of 57mm and 100mm anti-aircraft artillery shells that were about to expire. It was supposed to support the brothers in the third world in resisting hegemony, and by the way, it could save money on destroying them in two years.

However, these two kinds of ammunition can be said to be everywhere in Southeast Europe. It is too abstract to take the trouble to fly them from China and then take the risk to send them to the Balkans. Moreover, when explosives are involved, the risks and shipping costs will increase exponentially. In the end, Chang Haonan still Rejected the offer.

However, these contents are all conditions reached in private and will not be directly reflected in the content of the agreement.

"Pleasant to work with."

After the signing was completed without a press conference or flash, Wu Yifan stood up and exchanged the agreement documents with Chang Haonan, and then shook hands:

"I didn't expect that the biggest order I've made since I joined the industry was with you, Brother Nan."

Chang Haonan took the folder and handed it to Song Jingming next to him, gesturing to the latter to archive it.

After there were only two people left in the conference room, he spoke:

"Old Wu, it's better to recruit people in a short supply than in a hurry, and we're not in a hurry. It's enough that the first batch can arrive in China before the end of this year, but the batch of goods I asked you to transport must be transported to the destination before mid-March. "

"In addition, our identity should be blurred as much as possible during the whole process. It is best to use hints and other means to make the other side mistakenly think that it is the work of the Russians."

Wu Yifan's expression became serious.

After all, this is also the first time he has done such an exciting job of transporting military supplies to a quasi-war zone:

"The latter step is not difficult. The reason why the Russians came to me before was because I had done business several times with the officer in charge of reception at the destination, and we were considered acquaintances. As long as I didn't say anything, he would definitely assume that I was Got the order from Moscow.”

"But before mid-March..."

He looked at the perpetual calendar hanging next to him with some embarrassment:

"Brother Nan, it's already the end of February, and you know it... Okay, you probably don't know... but for smuggling, for the sake of cost-effectiveness, we wait until the day when the person we cooperate with is on duty before going through customs. But I can’t predict this timetable in detail, plus we have to pass through a third country in the middle..."

Halfway through his words, Chang Haonan interrupted him with a wave of his hand:

"We paid millions of dollars, and we don't ask you to pay attention to cost-effectiveness."

"In this matter, safety and efficiency are the top priorities. If the funds used for the interim management are too much, we can make up for it later."

In the original timeline, the start date of the Allied Forces Operation was March 3, but Chang Haonan could not guarantee whether the details would change in this life, and there was still preparation time, so it was indeed a bit rushed.

However, Wu Yifan still shook his head:

"It's not all about the money."

"I know you are worried that we will move too slowly and be unable to send them in before the conflict breaks out, but just because the situation in that area is tense now, we don't want to make too much noise."

"On the surface, what we are transporting is just a batch of electronic components. We bribe a few grassroots officers and veterans. They don't care what they are sent for. We just make the money and that's it."

"But if you contact the person in charge with a higher level in a big way, they will have more things to consider. At this juncture, even relying on money alone may not be enough. After all, tens of thousands of yuan were spent in bribes to smuggle a batch of electronic products. No matter how you look at it, there are big problems inside.”

Chang Haonan has been a law-abiding citizen his whole life, and he really doesn't know as much about these things as Wu Yifan.

But if these items are still on the road when the conflict breaks out, it will be completely wasted.

Looking at Chang Haonan who looked troubled, Wu Yifan gritted his teeth:

"Okay, Brother Nan, I can take an airlift. The airspace in those countries is basically undefended at the moment. If we get a transport plane to fly lower and bribe the management of a semi-abandoned airport on the border, we can save the time." It saves about three or four days of the hassle of customs clearance by land, but..."

"Do I need to pay more?"

Chang Haonan asked.

"No... uh... well, you have to pay more, but it's not the kind of extra money you think."

Wu Yifan got a little involved, and after a while he continued:

"Your shipment, including the protective packaging, weighs almost 4 tons. It can't be pulled by a small plane. I have to build a serious transport plane, but I probably won't need this thing in the future, so after it's done, Either you or the organization can help, but we have to buy this plane.”

"Of course the price won't be very high. The Ermao Air Force subcontracts normal aircraft and scrapped aircraft and resells them. It's about one to two million US dollars."

That's not a lot of money.

What's more, you can get another plane back.

The only problem is that unless this aircraft is an IL-76, other models will just be left to gather dust even if they are brought back.

But even based on the price of scrapped aircraft, it is definitely not a strategic transport aircraft like the IL-76 that can be bought for one to two million US dollars.

"Let's do this, Lao Wu."

After thinking for a moment, Chang Haonan raised his head and said:

"The money to buy this plane, like the freight, will come from the funds of the Friendship Plan according to the agreement just now."

"But don't bother bringing this aircraft back to China. Just leave it with Ermao. You can just do maintenance on it from time to time. I guess jobs like this will happen again in the future. Just treat it as an investment in the future."

Wu Yifan took a deep breath.

He felt as if he was kidnapped by Chang Haonan onto a pirate ship...

But the matter has come to this, and there is no turning back.

And it is really fast to make money on this pirate ship...

"Okay, let's do it!"

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A snow-covered airport in Satu Mare County, Romania.

A convoy of five Ural trucks was lined up and parked on the grass next to the runway.